Middle School Game Night, Spring Piano Festival and Easter

Nathan had a Mother and Son Game Night at his school. However, I already had tickets for a conference in Utah so I had to find a replacement.

To quote Nathan, "every activity is better with Levi and Daymia there!"

Among other games, they played life-size human Foosball, Connect Four, Hungry Hungry Hippos and Angry Birds.

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After months of practicing, the boys were both ready for Spring Festival at BYU-I.

They both played their memorized pieces in front of judges with confidence, and I was so proud of their hard work and courage.

Our tradition after piano festivals is to get a treat at Cocoa Bean.

Depending on the weather, and our cravings, we get either hot cocoa, specialty mixed drinks or cupcakes. It was a specialty drink kind of day, but we always appreciate a good cupcake poster.

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Easter traditions seem to fall second to General Conference and Nathan's birthday, but Levi and Daymia are good to at least hide eggs for the boys and occasionally we get in a little egg coloring.

Keeping it simple. It's all about the time together, not the eggs.

Due to the wind and rain, we fair weather egg hunters kept the fun inside. We weren't positive on the number of eggs that were hidden, so even three weeks after Easter,we were finding eggs around the house. Luckily, we only use cheap plastic eggs filled with coins or candy instead of real, hard boiled eggs, so each find was a new treasure of a holiday often forgotten and well in the past.